Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-03-04


them clean and the following lotion is
applied three times 8 day, the animal y 4
should soon be sound. The lotion isE
composed Of one once Of sugar Of lead dis
solved in one pint of water. When.
applying the lotion give a tablespo
full Of epson salts in the feed once a.
day, and if proud flesh appears destroy
it by applying burnt alu::.sss to the parts.
.s BROOM CORN. 4;
This is a crop that may be handled
with profit in this region with proper
attention.. A broom-corn grower Of
experience gives these rules for securing
a crop Of good material. The ground
should be ploWed at least nine inches
deep, and ten inches is still better, and
the harrow and roller should be used
until the soil is as fine as road dust,
for it is no use to plant it in clods.. h
The grower must know himself what
way he wants it planted, whether in
hills or drills. l think to drill gives the
best results. I drill three feet eight
inches between rows, and eighteen
inches in the row, and leave three
to five stocks in hill. Ii you want
good long corn the cultivating should
be the same as field corn, and bear in
mind that it must be kept clean. I'm
less you do, it will do you no good to,
plant it. @@S*%@"' .s> .5
A critical period in the growing is
the turning down; that is, to turn the.
broom down to the ground, SO that it
will not get crooked. If the broom is
very heavy it should be done when the
top is about half out, and it must have
| atleast six inches of stalk to it, for the
broommaker must have that much to-
work on. Broom that is very short
should have little more. After it
commences to shoot, some of it will be
! ready to turn down in about three
days, and sometimes more, according
to the weather. The harvesting part
is very particular, for the reason that it
must be saved perfectly green. and it
must not have any rust ON it, if we
want to get the best market price. 1t
will weigh the most when the bloom
just begins to fall. and it should then
be cut at once q do not mean the whole
patch, only that which is ripe.) It
should be done in the morning early,
while the dew is on, and put in the
shade to cure. Put it up in the barn
loft and spread it out. DO not put
more than three layers on top of each
other; if you have room lay them down
only Just one thick, and they will dry
sooner. You can prepare it for market
at any time, and it will be nice and
green.
COST OF PRODUCING MILK.
Recently results have been published
Of experiments to determine the cost of
producing milk in which the methods
seem to us very faulty and defective so
far as determining with any degree of
accuracy this question or presenting re-
suits of any practical value. A GER
tain number of COWS will be selected
for say experiments lasting a month, an
accurate account will be kept of the
amount and value of all food consumed
by them and the quantity of milk pro-
duced, and from, these data the cost per
quart of milk is figured out. But such
methods take no account of the fact
that COWS vary in the amount of milk
they give according to the time from
last calving, and for a longer OF shorter
period before calving they 60 dry, but
have to be fed all the same. Now if q
number Of COWS of average quality
were selected for experiment which
should last q year, or from one calvine
till the next, and an accurate
account kept of the cost of keep.
ing and the amount of milk pro.
duced it would furnish data from which
the cost to the average dairyman, o.
producing milk could be determined
with sufficient accuracy to be of practica
value. In all these experiments it hal
been assumed that the value of thu
manure solid and liquid, would pay the
cost of attendance and care. But thi:
is simply loose guessing. It may b
worth that and may be a great dea
more according to locality. ~
i SOWING THE SEED. I'll
! Whena singlegrain planthas plentyo:
room and rich soil it will often tiller SC
surprisingly as to astonish amy one who
sees it. We have seen occasional oat
plants incorn or barley, where twenty OF
more stalks. each bearing it panicle o.
grain, came evidently from single seed
Farmers who make a practice ofsowings
bushel and a half of oats, or one bushe
of wheat per acre, get as good crops a
those who sow twice as much. Ye